The education and assessment system in Poland

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The education and assessment system in Poland
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PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION

• starts at the age of 3 but is not compulsory up
  to the age of 6
• zero grade at the age of 6 as preparation for
  primary education (compulsory from 2004)
• fee-paying

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10
The first education stage
9
8
7
0
Preparatory year of education
6
for six-year-olds
5
KINDERGARTEN
4
3
0
50
100
0
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The second education stage
14
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VI
Test
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V
11
Primary school
IV
10
III
9
II
8
I
7
0
50
100
0
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SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA (PRIMARY SCHOOL) 6
yearsAdmission based only on age Age of
students 7 -13Final exam a competence test in
the last grade

• 3-year cycle of integrated education (Forms
  I-III)
• Discovering the world
• Learning basic skills
• reading,
• writing,
• arithmetic

• 3-year cycle of subjectbased education (Forms
  IV-VI)
• Polish, Maths, Natural Science, History, Art,
  Technology, PE, a foreign language

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The third education stage
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G I M N A Z J U M (lower secondery school)
III
written exam
15
II
14
I
13
0
50
100
0
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GIMNAZJUM (LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL) 3 years

• Admission primary school leaving certificate
  necessary
• Age of students 13-16
• Final exam a standardized exam in the last grade
• A compulsory, non-specialized school providing
  general education
• Subject-based teaching (including educational
  paths)
• One foreign language obligatory
• The main task is to identify the abilities and
  interests of the pupils and ensure a rational
  choice of their further educational route
  (general education or vocational training

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The fourth education stage
20
19
grammar school or technical college
III
18
II
vocational school
17
I
16
0
50
100
0
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LICEUM (UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL) 3 years

• Admission based on school criteria (gimnazjum
  exam results essential)?
• Age of students 16-19
• Final Final exam a standardized exam in the last
  grade (MATURA)?
• The most common type of school at this level
• Academic profile
• Preparation for the MATURA exam and academic
  studies as a priority
• Two foreign languages obligatory

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MATURA

• maturity examination,
• roughly equivalent to
• British A-levels examination and quite similar
• to French baccalauréat

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Doctorate studies
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Supplement Masters degree studies
Supplement Masters degree studies .
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Masters degree studies
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to work
22
to work
Bachelors Degree Studies
Vocational colleges (Bachelors degree)
colleges
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vocational exam
20
Post-High School
high school finals
Supplement secondary school
19
III
grammar school or technical college
matura
18
vocational exam
II
vocational school
17
I
16
0
50
100
0
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PROFESSIONAL TITLESAWARDED TO GRADUATESOF
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

• LICENCJAT
• Polish equivalents of Bachelor's degree
• conferred to the graduates of vocational studies
• in humanities
• INZYNIER
• Polish equivalents of Bachelor's degree
• conferred to the graduates of vocational studies
• in technical areas

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PROFESSIONAL TITLESAWARDED TO GRADUATESOF
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

• MAGISTER
• Polish equivalent of Master's degree conferred
• to graduates of Master Degree courses in
• Humanities
• MAGISTER INZYNIER
• Polish equivalent of Master's degree conferred
• to the graduates of Master Degree courses in
• technical areas
• DOKTOR
• Polish equivalent of Ph. D. degree

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GRADING SYSTEM

• Usual grading system in secondary and primary
  schools 6-1
• Full Description
• 6 - excellent (celujacy)?
• 5 - very good (bardzo dobry)?
• 4 - good (dobry)?
• 3 - satisfactory (dostateczy)?
• 2 - poor (dopuszczajacy)?
• 1 - unsatisfactory/fail (niedostateczny
• Often, the marks '' and '-' are added to the
  principal grades

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GRADING SYSTEM

• Main grading system used by higher education
• institutions 5-2
• Full Description
• 5 - very good (bardzo dobry)
• 4 - good (dobry)
• 3 - satisfactory (dostateczy)
• 2 - unsatisfactory/fail (niedostateczny

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